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kleinbl00 · 3260 days ago · link · · parent · post: Elon Musk thinks we live in a simulated universe
Apropos of nothing, what did you think of Second Self? Turkle spends several chapters pointing out that children start with a baseline of animism as their living/not living divider and that computers fundamentally fuck with that. She points out that kids that can totally determine that plants are alive but rocks are dead have a hell of a time determining if a Speak'n'Spell is closer to a rock or a plant.
I know from working on cars that superstition is second nature. Working on electronics gives you even less causality to hold on to. Computers? I can totally see how you would make god in your own image while programming.